“Top 10” Luxury Condo Listings: Minneapolis, Wayzata Tie (5 Apiece) No, the Twin Cities doesn’t have anything rivaling the four-story, 24,000 square foot condo at 220 Central Park South, just purchased by Citadel’s Ken Griffin. On the other hand, the most expensive condo currently for sale in the Twin Cities won’t set you back $238 million(!),...Read More
Sold in 3(!) Days — For Almost $43k Over List Price! Where: 140 Gleahaven Road, Wayzata. What: 4 BR/3 Bath mid-century Rambler with 2,800 finished square feet. When: closed November 30. How much: listed for $459,900; sold for $502,500. Who: listed by Carolyn Olson, Coldwell Banker Burnet; sold by Gregg Larsen and Mike Rosolanka, Coldwell Banker Burnet. In...Read More
[Editor’s Note: The views expressed here are solely those of Ross Kaplan, and do not represent Edina Realty, Berkshire Hathaway (“Berkshire”), or any other entity referenced. Edina Realty is a subsidiary of Berkshire.] If you don’t know the difference between St. Louis Park’s “Fern Hill” neighborhood and Wayzata’s “Ferndale” neighborhood . . . you may not...Read More
Losing $100k(?) to Save $21k Rule #1 in real estate is that everything’s negotiable. Rule #2: there are times when it’s best to forget Rule #1, and preemptively take care of an issue before it threatens to torpedo a deal. That would certainly have been true in the case of a certain upper bracket Wayzata home...Read More
Guilty Pleasures First, a disclaimer: the reason I picked up a newsstand copy of “The Real Housewives of the Twin Cities” — the July issue of Mpls – St. Paul magazine — wasn’t to find out who the five women were, where they shop, or eavesdrop on any juicy gossip, titillating personal details, etc. No,...Read More
